Review: Lane Kwederis: Sex Job

In this entertaining, fast-paced and eye-opening show, charismatic American performer Lane Kwederis describes how she went from getting a BA in musical theatre to making money as a sex worker – specifically a financial dominatrix (that’s fin-dom to those in the know).
 
It all started when she discovered that men would pay to worship her feet and, deciding to apply the golden rule of improv – “yes and” – to this new revenue stream, she dived in.
 
Thanks to her perky, witty openness about it all, any sense of judgement one might harbour quickly dissipates as she describes her journey, with stories, musical theatre-style songs, lip-syncing and a bit of multimedia (including a few clips of her work).
 
She teaches us about fetishes, makes us gasp with a tale of an injury (to a client – crack – whoops), and reveals the importance of having to act like you don’t need or care about money when extracting cash from men in the world of fin-dom. Complications regarding payments come up too, underlying one of the many barriers that sex workers have to navigate.
 
Kwederis touches upon what happens when clients try to push boundaries, and there’s one harrowing story about maltreatment, but you might be surprised when you learn who the perpetrator is. What an education this show is.